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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Ric,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I don't know what you are doing to the posts, but
go back to what you were doing.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>With your new posts, I have to scroll, and I
didn't before.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonburg</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re: not what I signed up
for</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><I>Well, gee, I know what a good tuning sounds like everytime
I'm</I><BR><I>done tuning with my SAT III. The idea of what a good tuning
is</I><BR><I>so subjective it's ridiculous. We have people extolling HTs
as</I><BR><I>the best sounding tunings, David Anderson claims his
4ths/5ths</I><BR><I>tunings makes grown women cry...;-] Bill Bremmer claims
we're</I><BR><I>all just tuning reverse wells anyway and we've never tuned
a</I><BR><I>real equal temperment. Just what is a good tuning in
your</I><BR><I>opinion Mr. Brekne? Or do only your ears do the talking?
</I><BR><BR><I>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR><BR></I></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><PRE>I am quite sure you do <<know>> what a good tuning sounds like everytime your are done.
So do the other fellows whome you mention, some of which would no doubt take issue with
your own perception. Which, if I am not mistaken... is the nature of something being
subjective to begin with.
You wish to know my definition of what a good tuning is Mr Ilvedson ?? I'll tell you.
A good tuning accuratly reflects the concious and learned choices of the tuner executing
the tuning. Thats ears, understanding, and skill in manipulating the tuning pins all together
successfully accomplishing exactly what one sets out to do.
It goes without saying then, that if you have no idea of what you are doing aside from a skill in
setting pins... you are highly vunerable as a tuner.
Yes my ears have the final say.
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